Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales: Harlech Foodservice is adding six new rigid trucks to its fleet and expanding its refrigerated storage at its Gwynedd headquarters. It is expanding its business into south and west Wales with new depots at Merthyr and Carmarthen.
The company says it is aiming to achieve net zero by 2050. It says it has “already made some major savings by switching to more environmentally-friendly coolant gas for their giant freezer rooms at their headquarters and for their refrigerated transport fleet as part of a major review of their energy needs”.
Harlech sales administrator Janette Jones said: “As well as the new fleet of HGVs we have and the other delivery vans, we are looking at the feasibility of using smart technology to plan journeys, deliveries and pick-ups, more efficiently.”
Harlech head of operations Ian Evans, who is in charge of the company’s fleet of 47 lorries and vans, said: “It’s becoming more and more important for our customers in the public sector, schools, colleges, councils and health boards that we commit to net zero.
“We’re expanding at our headquarters too with more space, including refrigerated space, but we are also being more efficient in the way we operate by making the aisles in our warehouses narrower so we can store more.
“We also still have a lot of land here that is surplus to our needs so we are looking at installing more solar panels in addition to our existing solar array on the roofs.”
Harlech operates from bases at Criccieth, in Gwynedd; Chester; Merthyr Tydfil and newly opened Carmarthen and between the four locations the company runs a fleet of vehicles to deliver up to 5,000 product lines to cafés, restaurants, pubs and public sector customers across Wales, Shropshire, the Midlands and the North West.